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Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2022

Reforming Agricultural Policies for Climate Change Mitigation

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. It finds that the continued rise in agricultural support has been slower than sector growth in recent years, but has been driven to record highs mainly by temporary factors. The share of general services to the sector (including innovation and infrastructure) in total support provided to the sector has decreased to 13%. This year’s report focuses on the potential for agriculture and agricultural policies to contribute to climate change mitigation. It argues that short-term agricultural policy responses to global crises must simultaneously address current challenges and support reforms to combat climate change and distortions in international markets.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s agricultural support for producers (PSE) amounted to 4.9% of gross farm receipts in 2019‑21, well below the OECD average and down from 8.2% in 2000-02. Agricultural support comes almost entirely (89%) from market price support (MPS), one of the most trade- and production-distorting forms of support, generated through border measures (tariffs) and domestic measures (minimum reference prices). Products with the most support include rice, poultry, pig meat and sugar. Border protection and price interventions inflated producer prices by 5% on average relative to international prices in 2019-21. The remaining producer support (10.9%) comes through payments for environmental services and input subsidies for agricultural equipment and machinery.

English Also available in: French

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